The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1887-11-18
A MOST DELIGHTFUL RESORT
Natures Hospital in a Paradise Of
Scenic Beauty.
Wonderful Cures Without the Advice
Of Physicians or the Use Of
Physics.

OF fnySlclltS or the Use OF
Physics.
Fred f Seeley, editor of the Clear
water Neb.,) Message, recently visited
this place, and after making a thorough
investigation of the medicinal proper
tiles Of the Springs, and visiting the
varions places of resort i'll the vicinity
Of Hot Springs, publishes the following
interesting article descriptive thereof in
a late issue Of his ~
Pursuant to pro- sBf last week
the editor will giyl brit account de-
scriptive Of the DXkota Hot Springs
with their many attractions as IL pleas
ure and health seeking resort. Leaving
Clearwater on the 4:l5p. m. train we
arrive at Buffalo Gap, Dakota, about
2 q. IN. After partaking of q sub.
stantial breakfast at the Commercial
House the Message representative was
ready for the twelvc-mile stage drive
before him and boarded the stage coach
which soon drew up. together with a
number of other passengers. The stage
route passes through valleys re-
splendent with scenic beauties, and
over divides which give YOU an OPP
portunity to view noted mountain
peaks from twenty to thirty miles
distant. Two hours insthe coach are
most proftably spent, especially if
Vannetta (familiarly known as'sHank')
the driver, is i'll a talking mood, when
he will point out and explain all points
Of interest and frequently %rcgales the
unsophisticated 'tenderfoot" with
stories of extra hair lifting propensities
relative to early experiences on the
frontier, and Hank knows what he
is stalking about too, having commenced
life on the front when but Il small
boy, and keeping just in advance of
civilization uplto a short time since
when he accepted his present position.
The traveller continually asks where
are the Springs?" and is informed
they are Just aheada little way. and
the first iitimation he has that he is in
a civilized country the stage dashes II p
in front of a mammoth hotel where
smiling clerks receive and smart porterS
assist in unloading his luggage. This
is the Minnekahta Hotel, owned by
the Hot Springs company, and most
ably managed and conducted by John l.
Burke, aspleasant and accommodating
alandlord as one would wish to meet.
As a first class hotel the Minnekallta
has no peer outside of the great cities
The dining hall, Office and parlors are
large, comfortable and deliberately
finished. All the rooms some fifty OF
sixty in number have every modern
convenience, hot and cold water
electric bells and steam raditors
Steam or natural baths are also giver
in this house.
The village of Hot Springs is abou'
a quarter Of a mile further down Fal
river, and is a thrifty, growing trading
point for a large scope of country.
The mineral springs are located abov,
and on the Fall river, and just west o
the Minnekahta hotel.
For curative powers the Dakota Hot
Springs are not to be surpassed by an,
other in the known world. A grea
many people hold that this reputation
is gained only by imaginative cures
but the editor Of this paper saw enougl
even during his short stay to convinc
any skeptic. People who came to tn
Springs almost entirely helpless wit
rheumatism, by thoroughly treating
for only a few weeks, were cured an,
went away rejoicing to laud thei
praises with deserving enthusiasm
Some few people go to this resort seek
ing health who have been sufferin;
from some chronic disease Of man,
years standing, and who have bee
under medical treatment all the tim
and received no permanent relief, an
If they are not cured in q few days, g
away saying there is no virtue i'll til
water. If these individuals would Civ
the springs one-tenth the chance the
give the physicians, a permanent Gun
would be the result. With a perso
advanced in age it will take longer fc
the water to accomplish its mission tina
with a young person. Many will as
what diseases these baths are good 70
which question is hard to answer. ;
the curative powers seem to be unlimi
ed. Among the many diseases that al
known to he successfully treated Al
those of the liver, kidneys, skin troubl
Of all kinds, urinary difficulties, rhe'
matism of all kinds, syphilis, neuralg
in any part of the body, %catarrh, drop:
piles, dyspepsia, constipation. femaI
troubles and weaknesses of every d
= scription, in fact, these springs a
equal in merit to Ponced de Leon fou
tain Of perpetual youth for all ills
which women are subject.
The editor onlysregrets that his spa
is limited in which to extoll the maj
beauties and advantages of the h
Springs country, but let it suffice +
him to say that as either a health or